Judgment_paragraph 27 · Impresa Edilux srl and Società Italiana Costruzioni e Forniture srl (SICEF) v Assessorato Beni Culturali e Identità Siciliana – Servizio Soprintendenza Provincia di Trapani and Others (C-425/14)

27According to the referring court, a legality protocol such as that at issue in the case in the main proceedings is intended to prevent and combat the phenomenon of organised crime, firmly entrenched in some regions of southern Italy, from infiltrating, in particular, the public procurement sector. It also serves to protect the principles of competition and transparency underlying Italian and EU public procurement legislation.